Dr Neema Mduma is a computer scientist and lecturer-researcher, a Senior Lecturer at the Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) and founder of the initiative BakiShule, which promotes science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) amongst secondary school girls in Tanzania.
A winner of the L’Oréal-UNESCO Young Talents Award (Sub-Saharan Africa), a member of the Global Young Academy (GYA) and a Mandela Washington Fellow, she is a specialist in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Her research utilises artificial intelligence to address practical challenges in sectors such as agriculture, healthcare and education. She also leads, as Principal Investigator, AI projects applied to these fields and other key areas of development.
Dr Mduma also contributes to scientific evaluation as a reviewer for several international journals and conferences. Most recently, she was appointed to the technical team responsible for drafting Tanzania’s Development Vision 2050.
